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the city we know today would not exist without him. everything that rudy giuliani and i have accomplished is built on the foundation that ed laid. it is a foundation that is strong and unshakable as his faith in the genius and beauty of new york and his faith in god. you will be happy to know that i have been to my biblical research. it is only fiction that this -- fitting that this torah portion is about moses leading the jews out of egypt. ed was our moses, but with a little less hair. [laughter] he did not part of the red sea, but he broke out a strike i shouting words of encouragement. just as moses died before he reached the promised land, ed died hours before the documentary about him opened in theaters. leave it to him to maximize publicity about a film of his life. no one entered the theater of politics more than him. no one was ever better at it. as much fun as it was to watch him as mayor, the real show began when he left public office -- lawyer, professor, judge, restaurant reviewer, reform organizer, twitter user, even radi
the city we know today would not exist without him. everything that rudy giuliani and i have accomplished is built on the foundation that ed laid. it is a foundation that is strong and unshakable as his faith in the genius and beauty of new york and his faith in god. you will be happy to know that i have been to my biblical research. it is only fiction that this -- fitting that this torah portion is about moses leading the jews out of egypt. ed was our moses, but with a little less hair....
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bob is tracking the storm. >> kansas city got this close to setting an all-time record with 14-inches of -- with 14 inches of snow. it's all snow in chicago, des moines, milwaukee. the precipitation by the time it reach us will be a lot weaker. we expect to see a mix in the afternoon. you'll see some snow, some sleet, a bit of freeing rain, but things should warm up a bit, and just some rain. it will also get warmer. so will it get much better for the weekend? i'll have the forecast coming up. >> thank you, bob. >>> tonight, more disturbing details in the case of the johns hopkins gynecologist who secretly recorded his parents. mike helgren gets information about how it was set up. >> reporter: the stunning discovery about the well- respected doctor came earlier this month. a complaint to security that the gynecologist was spying, even, wjz has learned, using a camera on his pen as he performed exams. >> the story is a johns hopkins employee noted something unusual about his examinations on february 4. >> do you know what it was? >> no, new no one but hopkins knows and he's not -- and
bob is tracking the storm. >> kansas city got this close to setting an all-time record with 14-inches of -- with 14 inches of snow. it's all snow in chicago, des moines, milwaukee. the precipitation by the time it reach us will be a lot weaker. we expect to see a mix in the afternoon. you'll see some snow, some sleet, a bit of freeing rain, but things should warm up a bit, and just some rain. it will also get warmer. so will it get much better for the weekend? i'll have the forecast...
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the climb of the greek city states to the point of roman empire had this oh yeah i can you know i could give you much better examples for why the greek city states of the roman empire fell apart there perhaps relation to glacial now they are an economic stagnation they call demographic they are not any economic stagnation you know it's all a judgment but well actually i would. i could we had actually done entire programs on this on the show about average of hands about it japan's doing just fine thank you very much you know they don't think they have that they have a decent standard of living they have a reasonably high level of why are the one of the liberal and conservative parties in japan trying to outbid one another in terms of raising fertility apply because it seems you don't understand their own economic situation apparently but you can't go back if you would if you very simply go back to the renaissance what happens when population declines the demand for labor goes up when the demand for labor goes up the price of labor goes up or the price of labor goes up then people can wor
the climb of the greek city states to the point of roman empire had this oh yeah i can you know i could give you much better examples for why the greek city states of the roman empire fell apart there perhaps relation to glacial now they are an economic stagnation they call demographic they are not any economic stagnation you know it's all a judgment but well actually i would. i could we had actually done entire programs on this on the show about average of hands about it japan's doing just...
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tens of thousands of people poured into the city to protest the inaction over climate change making it the largest rally on this issue in u.s. history right in a sense very own america david how did chance to catch up with some of the rally goers to ask them why they think this is so important take a look. it was a rally of rallies. tens of thousands of people pouring into the nation's capital. braving below freezing temperatures all to send president barack obama an urgent message on climate change if president obama can hear us cloud and clear american the american people what is leadership they want is action of they need it now we don't have any time to waste president obama if you're smart you talk to the scientists you know what's going on let's do it. it was a call to action made by people who are seeing the urgency now more than ever before just in the past year alone the country saw the most extreme temperatures on record california dealt with overwhelming wildfires the midwest experienced the most severe drought in decades and recently the northeast felt the wrath of supersto
tens of thousands of people poured into the city to protest the inaction over climate change making it the largest rally on this issue in u.s. history right in a sense very own america david how did chance to catch up with some of the rally goers to ask them why they think this is so important take a look. it was a rally of rallies. tens of thousands of people pouring into the nation's capital. braving below freezing temperatures all to send president barack obama an urgent message on climate...
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better examples for why the greek city states of the roman empire fell apart or perhaps relation to glacial now they are an economic stagnation they call demographic they are not any economic stagnation you know it's all a judgment but well actually i would. i could we have actually done entire programs on this on the show about average of hands about it japan's doing just fine thank you very much you know they don't think they have that they have a decent standard of living they have a reasonably high level of why are the one of the liberal and conservative parties in japan trying to outbid one another in terms of raising fertility. because it seems they don't understand their own economic situation apparently but you can't go back if you would if you very simply go back to the renaissance what happens when population declines the demand for labor goes up when the demand for labor goes up the price of labor goes up or the price of labor goes up then people can work less for more money for the same amount of money or they can make more money you middle class emerges people will have
better examples for why the greek city states of the roman empire fell apart or perhaps relation to glacial now they are an economic stagnation they call demographic they are not any economic stagnation you know it's all a judgment but well actually i would. i could we have actually done entire programs on this on the show about average of hands about it japan's doing just fine thank you very much you know they don't think they have that they have a decent standard of living they have a...
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but that laid the way for the complete rehabilitation of the city. you don't see ruins in the south bronx anymore. that didn't happen by itself. >> let's talk about his personal life. he was an open book about everything except his sexual orientation. he was never married. a lot of folks speculated about him. did he talk to you about that for the film? >> sure. you know, it's important part of his political biography. because ever since he was running for elective office, he's been hounded by stories that he was gay. in 1977, when he was returning against mayor cuomo, there were signs vote for cuomo not the homo. he was asked about it. he was born in 1924, in 1977, you could be gay or you could be mayor, but you couldn't be both. so i think his unwillingness to say whether or not he was gay reflects a generational aspect of him. and he's a stubborn guy so he stayed with it through the end. so we did discuss it. and i discussed it in the context of the gay crisis. because many felt because he was in the closet he was less prone to want to identify wit
but that laid the way for the complete rehabilitation of the city. you don't see ruins in the south bronx anymore. that didn't happen by itself. >> let's talk about his personal life. he was an open book about everything except his sexual orientation. he was never married. a lot of folks speculated about him. did he talk to you about that for the film? >> sure. you know, it's important part of his political biography. because ever since he was running for elective office, he's been...
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are all still at the scene in the small town of midland city. investigators say, the gunman boarded a school bus, killed the driver and grabbed two children. one managed to escape. the bunker is reportedly equipped with electricity and is well stocked with food and water. neighbors, who identify the suspect as jimmy lee dykes, say he could stay holed up for a while. the death toll in the explosion at the headquarters of mexico's state-owned oil company. has now risen to 32. investigators say, the blast which collapsed the lower floors of the pemex building in mexico city yesterday. appears to have been accidental. but all possibilities are being examined. more than 120 people were injured. a government official says, early signs point to a problem in an area that housed electrical and air- conditioning equipment. >> a big headache for bank of america customers today. when its online banking system crashed! the issue first came about this morning, but as of now. the customers are still unable to access their account online. customers trying to lo
are all still at the scene in the small town of midland city. investigators say, the gunman boarded a school bus, killed the driver and grabbed two children. one managed to escape. the bunker is reportedly equipped with electricity and is well stocked with food and water. neighbors, who identify the suspect as jimmy lee dykes, say he could stay holed up for a while. the death toll in the explosion at the headquarters of mexico's state-owned oil company. has now risen to 32. investigators say,...
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. >> from the -- baltimore,. >> from the city, to the county, to your neighborhoods, it's complete coverage, it's wjz, maryland's news station. >>> patients violated, a johns hopkins gynecologist accused of taping women and underaged girls in secrets. >>> i'm denise koch. and here's what people are talking about. a are growing number of women are coming forward worried they were recorded with hidden cameras. accusations against the doctor came to light after he committed suicide in his home. adam may explains police fear videos may have landed on the internet. >> reporter: wjz learns federal authorities are involved in the investigation of dr. nikita levy. he was fired earlier this month accused of secretly taking pictures and video of his patients during examinations. >> i just can't believe it. >> reporter: tracy williams is sick to her stomach. >> what was he doing with the pictures and video. >> reporter: that is a big unknown. wjz learns gynecology fetish pornography is all over the internet. >> that is an angle we're going to be pursuing so we're working with federal partners in this
. >> from the -- baltimore,. >> from the city, to the county, to your neighborhoods, it's complete coverage, it's wjz, maryland's news station. >>> patients violated, a johns hopkins gynecologist accused of taping women and underaged girls in secrets. >>> i'm denise koch. and here's what people are talking about. a are growing number of women are coming forward worried they were recorded with hidden cameras. accusations against the doctor came to light after he...
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in 2005 the storm devastated the city. the superdome, where players will take to the field on sunday, became a shelter back then. our correspondent was there seven years ago. now he's returned for this report. >> music has always kept new orleans alive. there's a lot to play for with the super bowl in town and the eyes of america turning on the city. and the big game in the big easy comes in carve value season. it's also mardi gras, prompting a more sporting touch to the parade floats this time around. a gleaming new superdome is hosting the american football final. you might remember it from seven years ago. hurricane katrina almost destroyed the city. and its its stadium-turned-storm shelter. doug was the manager back then. and still is today. >> the water penetrated from right up here at the apeck of the roof. >> conditions inside were appalling. 30,000 people took refuge here in the days after the storm. >> i'll never forget the smell. we had no running water. very little food and water in here. the toilets were overfl
in 2005 the storm devastated the city. the superdome, where players will take to the field on sunday, became a shelter back then. our correspondent was there seven years ago. now he's returned for this report. >> music has always kept new orleans alive. there's a lot to play for with the super bowl in town and the eyes of america turning on the city. and the big game in the big easy comes in carve value season. it's also mardi gras, prompting a more sporting touch to the parade floats...
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>> no doubt purple and black are the colors of this city by the bay, nicknamed charm city. >> so much camaraderie back to the city. >> thousands of fans rallied as their team set off for new orleans, especially cheering on their beloved linebacker, ray lewis, expected to retire after a 17-year career. >> baltimore, baltimore, baltimore. going to new orleans for nothing else but to bring another ring back to baltimore. we love you. we love you. >> in the first super bowl featuring brothers as opposing head coaches, baltimore ravens john harbaugh is ready to take on his brother, jim harbaugh's 49ers. >> no better team than baltimore. awesome. >> another couple getting marry this had weekend, baltimore native. >> honeymoon and super bowl, not many people can say that. >> matt and savannah, a great crowd with me. by the way, that couple will get married tomorrow and the bride will be wearing purple instead of white. now we got dexter here, who is a fan. he knows they're going to win. lynn, show us the back of your head. there you go. that's super fandom right there. >> dedication. >> matt
>> no doubt purple and black are the colors of this city by the bay, nicknamed charm city. >> so much camaraderie back to the city. >> thousands of fans rallied as their team set off for new orleans, especially cheering on their beloved linebacker, ray lewis, expected to retire after a 17-year career. >> baltimore, baltimore, baltimore. going to new orleans for nothing else but to bring another ring back to baltimore. we love you. we love you. >> in the first super...
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a few years ago, the city's queensboro bridge was renamed in his honor. ed koch was 88 years old. the dow broke an important barrier today. reaching above 14-thousand for the first time in five years. experts say investors are optimistic about the first jobs report of the new years. it was a mixed bag. the country added 157-thousand jobs last month, which was lower than expected. and the unemployment rate rose from 7-point-8 to 7-point-9 percent. but at the same time, investors learned revisions in original reports show that there were more jobs in 20-12 than previously reported. the dow continues to fluctuate after hitting 14-thousand. the debt ceiling bill is now before the president after the senate passed a short-term debt limit suspension.the president is expected to sign it. what that means is the country will pay its bills and not default on its obligations thru may 18th. there's a catch to the bill. lawmakers have to pass a budget by april 15th or they won't get paid. since 2001, congress has raised the debt ceiling eleven times. the bill will increase the nation's 16-poin
a few years ago, the city's queensboro bridge was renamed in his honor. ed koch was 88 years old. the dow broke an important barrier today. reaching above 14-thousand for the first time in five years. experts say investors are optimistic about the first jobs report of the new years. it was a mixed bag. the country added 157-thousand jobs last month, which was lower than expected. and the unemployment rate rose from 7-point-8 to 7-point-9 percent. but at the same time, investors learned...
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the city will get them all off the streets before the super bowl. >> okay. okay. >> nice to meet you. >> the mayor and others recently toured the district promising merchants this time the city is better prepared. dominic says that puts him at ease. >> stores cleared out, they get on the streets. but we just closed early and it's not a big deal. we're known in the neighborhood. i don't think anyone anything is going happen. >> saying they'll monitor the am
the city will get them all off the streets before the super bowl. >> okay. okay. >> nice to meet you. >> the mayor and others recently toured the district promising merchants this time the city is better prepared. dominic says that puts him at ease. >> stores cleared out, they get on the streets. but we just closed early and it's not a big deal. we're known in the neighborhood. i don't think anyone anything is going happen. >> saying they'll monitor the am
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ed koch, colorful and charismatic former mayor of new york city, held the job for 12 memorable years left his hark. here is what he told "the new york times" in 2007. >> i love the job. people loved me. we were great match. i had sworn, on occasion i said, at the western wall i would never run for anything else because i wanted to be mayor for life. >> a larger than life figure, ed koch died of congestive heart f failure at the age of 88. >>> tonight, families getting ready for the super bowl and one family with a happy dilemma. harbaughs, john and jim brothers, coaching the opposing teams. today, they made a little bit of history and abc's josh elliott in new orleans. josh? >> reporter: that's right. here in new orleans it is the ultimate taste of sibling rivalry, two brothers separated by a mere 15 months, leading their respective teams now into the biggest of games which means tussling over 100 yards of turf and really family bragging rights. they shared the world stage today first time ever rival super bowl coaches held a joint press conference before the game and definitely a fi
ed koch, colorful and charismatic former mayor of new york city, held the job for 12 memorable years left his hark. here is what he told "the new york times" in 2007. >> i love the job. people loved me. we were great match. i had sworn, on occasion i said, at the western wall i would never run for anything else because i wanted to be mayor for life. >> a larger than life figure, ed koch died of congestive heart f failure at the age of 88. >>> tonight, families...
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temperatures into the 20s in around the 30 degree mark in the city, but windchills down into the single digits in parts of the area. here's our little storm system that came through a little earlier today. notice the clearing skies. earlier this morning the storm brought about an half inch to an inch, some areas along 1 1/2 inches. out towards portions of delaware picking up 4 to 6 inches. we barely missed out, but this storm is out of here, and in behind it very windy conditions and cold conditions. take a look at the current wind gusts. 32 in leesburg, 30 in manassas, 30 back towards martins burg. very windy conditions, with cold air, and you talk windchills. look at these windchills right now, 16 in washington, 16 in frederick. 9 in winchester, 19 in culpepper. w50e6g9 a couple chances of snow. i'll talk more about that later. >>> anne arundel cow executive john leopold has resigned effective immediately. it come at least day after being suspended from his high-profile job when a judge found him guilty. he'll be sentenced march 14th. leopold found guilty earlier this week. and for ye
temperatures into the 20s in around the 30 degree mark in the city, but windchills down into the single digits in parts of the area. here's our little storm system that came through a little earlier today. notice the clearing skies. earlier this morning the storm brought about an half inch to an inch, some areas along 1 1/2 inches. out towards portions of delaware picking up 4 to 6 inches. we barely missed out, but this storm is out of here, and in behind it very windy conditions and cold...
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its characters of different regions and at the cities. he was, in that sense, a quintessential american character. >> colby? >> colorful. >> i was interviewing him one time and he stopped in the middle of the interview and said, this is really good stuff. i would like a copy of this. ed koch, dead at the age of 88. we will all remember him for the campaign. that is the last word. thanks. see you next week.
its characters of different regions and at the cities. he was, in that sense, a quintessential american character. >> colby? >> colorful. >> i was interviewing him one time and he stopped in the middle of the interview and said, this is really good stuff. i would like a copy of this. ed koch, dead at the age of 88. we will all remember him for the campaign. that is the last word. thanks. see you next week.
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the president and the mayor of mexico city have visited the scene. the mexican capital is used to experiencing a earthquakes. authorities appeared well prepared for search and rescue work. sniffer dogs are being used to look for survivors. so far, the authorities have remained tight-lipped about because of the blast. local media are reporting it might have been caused by an electrical gas leak in an adjacent building. but there's been no confirmation or denial of that from pemex. behind this police cordon, operation is continuing and preparing to carry on throughout the night. there are family members of missing workers on the scene, desperately waiting for news of their loved ones. either way, this is the worst explosion in mexico city in 30 years. will grant, bbc news, mexico. >> now business news with jimmy robertson. more news about the world's biggest economy, the united states. >> some of the economic data we have heard recently has been pretty weak, but it has not shown through on the markets. the markets are doing very well. the dow jones had
the president and the mayor of mexico city have visited the scene. the mexican capital is used to experiencing a earthquakes. authorities appeared well prepared for search and rescue work. sniffer dogs are being used to look for survivors. so far, the authorities have remained tight-lipped about because of the blast. local media are reporting it might have been caused by an electrical gas leak in an adjacent building. but there's been no confirmation or denial of that from pemex. behind this...
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its characters of different regions and at the cities. he was, in that sense, a quintessential american character. >> colby? >> colorful. >> i was interviewing him one time and he stopped in the middle of the interview and said, this is really good stuff. i would like a copy of this. ed koch, dead at the age of 88. we will all remember him for the campaign. that is the last word. thanks. see you next week. are you? born in a prison... man: who's that young girl? little dorrit? oh, she's nothing. surrounded by secrets... man: there is one thing i should like to ask you. woman: have a care what you wish for. from the sprawling rags-to-riches novel by chaou. a story about a small woman with a big heart. its auto insurance customers for over 70 years.e to more information on auto insurance at geico.com or 1-800-947-auto any time of the day or night.
its characters of different regions and at the cities. he was, in that sense, a quintessential american character. >> colby? >> colorful. >> i was interviewing him one time and he stopped in the middle of the interview and said, this is really good stuff. i would like a copy of this. ed koch, dead at the age of 88. we will all remember him for the campaign. that is the last word. thanks. see you next week. are you? born in a prison... man: who's that young girl? little dorrit?...
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sand in canada put in a pipeline and shipped here where it's refined and where it chokes out cities in illinois in oklahoma cities in america canada america and billionaires want that same dirty tar sands oil shipped just a little farther south so they can refine it in texas pollute even more americans put it on ships and sell it all over the world except to americans as canada has oil billionaires in texas want it so they can refine it and ship it all over the world except back to americans and the rest of us just get a massive rickety pipeline cut right down the center of the country that will likely spill a few dozen times over the next few years are going to the keystone x.l. pipeline a pipeline under construction right now in texas a pipeline that will. accelerate our global descent into another permian extinction and a pipeline that the president can halt construction on today the same president who said last night that we must do something about climate change for the sake of our children he can stop it but instead today he watched as police outside his home arrested patrioti
sand in canada put in a pipeline and shipped here where it's refined and where it chokes out cities in illinois in oklahoma cities in america canada america and billionaires want that same dirty tar sands oil shipped just a little farther south so they can refine it in texas pollute even more americans put it on ships and sell it all over the world except to americans as canada has oil billionaires in texas want it so they can refine it and ship it all over the world except back to americans...
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his poll sis helped the city climb out of financial ruin between 1979 and '89. his funeral will be held monday in manhattan. he was 88 years old. >>> a developing story to tell you about in alabama where a 5-year-old boy is still being held hostage by a gunman inside of an underground bunker about thap bunker currently surrounded by law enforcement. authority assist the gunman could hold out for several more days. his name is jimmy lee dykes. he allegedly grabbed that boy off of a school bus tuesday afternoon after newt chuting and killing the bus driver who was trying to protect the kids. that bunker is located on dykes' property. authorities there have been able to talk to the suspect through a plastic pipe. >>> also an alaska airlines flight landed safely after that pilot simply passed out. an airline spokesman telling us the plane was heading to seattle from los angeles when it had to make an emergency landing in portland late last night. the pilot did regain consciousness before the flight actually landed. a doctor on board was there, fortunately, able to t
his poll sis helped the city climb out of financial ruin between 1979 and '89. his funeral will be held monday in manhattan. he was 88 years old. >>> a developing story to tell you about in alabama where a 5-year-old boy is still being held hostage by a gunman inside of an underground bunker about thap bunker currently surrounded by law enforcement. authority assist the gunman could hold out for several more days. his name is jimmy lee dykes. he allegedly grabbed that boy off of a...
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are a nun working for the catholic church serving the poor in the streets of new york city, this is an attack on their religious freedom. >> reporter: this is not the final word, really. another step in creating a final binding federal policy. dozens of lawsuits are pending to decide the constitutional balance between requiring contraceptive coverage and protecting first amendment rights on religious grounds to ignore a federal mandate. >> pelley: major, thanks very much. in los angeles today there was more fallout from the child sex abuse scandal that has rocked the roman catholic church. the head of the largest diocese in america stripped his predecessor of all public duties and bill whitaker has more on that story. >> reporter: los angeles archbishop jose gomez took the unprecedented action against cardinal roger mahoney soon after the release of tens of thousands of secret church files which included names of priests accused of molesting children. in a letter last night, gomez apologized to victims. these files are the strongest evidence yet that former archbishop now retired ca
are a nun working for the catholic church serving the poor in the streets of new york city, this is an attack on their religious freedom. >> reporter: this is not the final word, really. another step in creating a final binding federal policy. dozens of lawsuits are pending to decide the constitutional balance between requiring contraceptive coverage and protecting first amendment rights on religious grounds to ignore a federal mandate. >> pelley: major, thanks very much. in los...
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the man many called the first celebrity mayor or three-term run in a turbulent time in the city's history. current mayor of new york mayor michael bloomberg honored the political icon this morning. >> we are going to pay respects to ed koch for a long time because he really made this city what it is today and his successes have been building their years on him. ed was the quintessential mayor. >> nbc's ron allen has more on ed koch's life. >> hi! >> reporter: ed koch was a quintessential new yorker and one of the city's most popular and outspoken politicians. known for his no nonsense in your face colorful personality and the trademark question asked of friends and foes alike, even on "saturday night live." >> how'm i doing? >> reporter: he was born to polish-jewish immigrants in the bronx, new york, 1934. drafted out of college by the army to serve in world war ii. returning home, he began climbing the political ladder. a lifelong democrat who served on new york city counsel and three terms in the congress and in 1977 he became new york's 105th mayor, a job koch often said he wanted for
the man many called the first celebrity mayor or three-term run in a turbulent time in the city's history. current mayor of new york mayor michael bloomberg honored the political icon this morning. >> we are going to pay respects to ed koch for a long time because he really made this city what it is today and his successes have been building their years on him. ed was the quintessential mayor. >> nbc's ron allen has more on ed koch's life. >> hi! >> reporter: ed koch was...
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>> the city not for the faint of heart, but worth it when you're there. janet shamlian at the superdome in new orleans. janet, thanks. >>> if you bought gas over the weekend or today as the workweek got under way, then you have seen what has happened to the price of gas. aaa tells us the national average for regular is now $3.52 a gallon. that's up 17 cents in a week's time. 22 cents just in a month. and they are paying a whole lot more in a lot of states, including new york, california, where the price is close to $4 a gallon again. the question is, what are the oil companies telling us is the reason for it this time? our report tonight from nbc's tom costello. >> reporter: we've all heard about pain at the pump, but the pain is suddenly starting to bite. >> these higher gas prices definitely affect the way i budget my money. where i choose to live. and how i choose to spend my leisurely time. >> more conscious about the distance i'm driving, or carpooling a lot more also. >> reporter: why the sudden jump? drivers in the midwest have paid the price for a
>> the city not for the faint of heart, but worth it when you're there. janet shamlian at the superdome in new orleans. janet, thanks. >>> if you bought gas over the weekend or today as the workweek got under way, then you have seen what has happened to the price of gas. aaa tells us the national average for regular is now $3.52 a gallon. that's up 17 cents in a week's time. 22 cents just in a month. and they are paying a whole lot more in a lot of states, including new york,...
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>> what's wrong with the city? >> dirt, noise, mugging, stabbing, rape, roaches, pigeon mess, horse mess, people mess. >> eddie murphy's character is representative of the mayor's deep troubles with new york's black community. for somebody who needed to be loved he was polarizing to and unafraid of angering new york's blacks. in reportthe doc a reporter say lacked a sensitivity. perhaps it's fitting that new york's racial troubles in the '80s were a part of his political undoing and his successor was the city's first and only black mayor. david dinkins was gentlemanly mayor. mike bloomberg has been a cold business manage mother thought he was a king but none could match koch as the embodiment of the city which often seems at war with itself. both new york and koch are larger than life. both have massive egos. both have things they'd rather hide, and both are an essential part of the fabric of america. and now for another essential part of the fabric of america, martin bashir. >> thank you very much, toure. good aft
>> what's wrong with the city? >> dirt, noise, mugging, stabbing, rape, roaches, pigeon mess, horse mess, people mess. >> eddie murphy's character is representative of the mayor's deep troubles with new york's black community. for somebody who needed to be loved he was polarizing to and unafraid of angering new york's blacks. in reportthe doc a reporter say lacked a sensitivity. perhaps it's fitting that new york's racial troubles in the '80s were a part of his political...
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the guy in '81, 75% of the city voted for him in. '85, 78% of the city. can you imagine 8 in 10 new yorkers agreeing on anything? especially who will run the city. the guy per phenomenon if ied new york of a certain time and will be missed. >> he did and maybe sort of changed and maybe not permanently for but a moment what it meant to be a democrat. significant harsh budget cuts that he put in that were not always popular. his favorite moment walking down to the brooklyn bridge and intervened in a very rare transit strike under his watch and sort of, you know, shecheer on the people to walk across the street and say come walk over the bridge. we won't let the bastards bring us down. a huge champion of gay rights and had some really out there ideas. ideas like sending convicted drug dealers to concentration camps in the desert. >> wow. >> yeah. he was just -- he was really quintessentially new york in the way you're saying, toure, because he was unpredictable. he was brash. he was out there. he was excitable. just a larger than life figure for the city. >>
the guy in '81, 75% of the city voted for him in. '85, 78% of the city. can you imagine 8 in 10 new yorkers agreeing on anything? especially who will run the city. the guy per phenomenon if ied new york of a certain time and will be missed. >> he did and maybe sort of changed and maybe not permanently for but a moment what it meant to be a democrat. significant harsh budget cuts that he put in that were not always popular. his favorite moment walking down to the brooklyn bridge and...
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how the city of new york plans to honor the life of the late mayor ed koch. >> the super bowl ads you'll be talking about at work today. plus the chance for you to weigh in on your >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk with breaking news. u.s. and south korean warships are conducting naval exercises as tensions with north korea rises. south korean officials confirming that a three-day drill is under way right now off the coast of the korean peninsula. pyongyang calls it preparation for a preemptive strike on their country while south korea says it was planned before the north threatened do its third nuclear test. the u.s. and south korea believe the north's december rocket launch was a missile test. meanwhile, pyongyang denies it. angie goff, news 4. >>> developing news out of mexico where the death toll continues to rise after an explosion. officials are reporting 36 casualties there. the attorney general in mexico says it's still too early to determine whether that blast was due to an attack, an accident or negligence. results from an investigation expected any day now. the pmx building
how the city of new york plans to honor the life of the late mayor ed koch. >> the super bowl ads you'll be talking about at work today. plus the chance for you to weigh in on your >>> i'm angie goff at the live desk with breaking news. u.s. and south korean warships are conducting naval exercises as tensions with north korea rises. south korean officials confirming that a three-day drill is under way right now off the coast of the korean peninsula. pyongyang calls it preparation...
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new yorkers are waking up to the news of the passing of an icon, one of the city's and nation's most outspoken and popular politicians, ed koch has died of congestive heart failure. he served in world war ii and later was elected to three terms as mayor of new york city. ed koch dead at the age of 88. dramatic and contention day of testimony for senator charlie hagel. >> reporter: john mccain seized on hagel's opposition to the surge in iraq. >> the question is, are we right or wrong? that's a pretty straightforward question. >> well, i'm not going to give you a yes or no answer. >> reporter: over his 2008 comments related to israel that a quote jewish lobby intimidate a lot of people in congress. >> name one person in your opinion who is intimidated by the israeli lobby in the united states senate. >> well, first -- >> name one. >> i don't know. >> reporter: hagel was repeatedly pressed by both democrats and republicans to make clear this point on israel. >> i strongly support israel. >> reporter: and clarified his stan on iran. >> by the way, i've just been handed a note that i mis
new yorkers are waking up to the news of the passing of an icon, one of the city's and nation's most outspoken and popular politicians, ed koch has died of congestive heart failure. he served in world war ii and later was elected to three terms as mayor of new york city. ed koch dead at the age of 88. dramatic and contention day of testimony for senator charlie hagel. >> reporter: john mccain seized on hagel's opposition to the surge in iraq. >> the question is, are we right or...
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one of the most obvious ways is times square which was one of the rotting core of the city filled with peepshows, porn, crime, and the homeless. he condemned, revitalized times square. but now it's clean and brings millions into the city. less visible to tourists but just as important is the $5 billion he spent on creating affordable housing which helped change the bronx. at funeral today, bill clinton spoke which is fitting because it's hard to find two politicians more nakedly in l ld of being loved. where clinton is a smooth operator who approaches america as if it were a lovely lady he would like to pick up, koch was brash and opinion yat yated. he is like chris christie who tell it is like it is. in the doc koch says you can only get the people to follow you by being bigger than life, and he refers to politics as theater which makes sense because he was good at that. he was good at all sorts of theater. >> i'm going to tell you who you're doing, you're doing terrible. that's why i'm going to jump off this roof. >> it's all right. it's all right. it's me, mayor koch. >> jump, jump!
one of the most obvious ways is times square which was one of the rotting core of the city filled with peepshows, porn, crime, and the homeless. he condemned, revitalized times square. but now it's clean and brings millions into the city. less visible to tourists but just as important is the $5 billion he spent on creating affordable housing which helped change the bronx. at funeral today, bill clinton spoke which is fitting because it's hard to find two politicians more nakedly in l ld of...
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the mayor says the economy and money issues remain the biggest problem for the city to deal with. >> our city faces serious structural deficits between slow growing revenues and faster growing expenses. without corrective action this shortfall totals nearly $750 million over 9 years. the put that number into perspective it's more than what we spend on police, fire, health and recreation and parks annually. >> wjz will have much more on the state of the city address coming up on eyewitness news at 5:00. >>> 3 days later and people across much of the northeast are still digging out from the historic blizzard. long island got hammered. some places got more than 30 inches of snow. michelle miller reports from smith town. >> this is what a 32 mile stretch of the long island expressway looked like for much of the weekend. car after car buried under the snow. >> there were hundreds of residents literally who were within miles after making their way back to their houses when the snow just swallowed them up. >> similar scenes unfolded across long island's roadways. even emergency vehicles wer
the mayor says the economy and money issues remain the biggest problem for the city to deal with. >> our city faces serious structural deficits between slow growing revenues and faster growing expenses. without corrective action this shortfall totals nearly $750 million over 9 years. the put that number into perspective it's more than what we spend on police, fire, health and recreation and parks annually. >> wjz will have much more on the state of the city address coming up on...
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it's changed the neighborhoods of the city, the poorest neighborhoods of the city. i said in the piece i wrote after he died, he didn't carry it in his last election against david dinkins a single one of the neighborhoods that he transform the. >> john: do you think he will be remembered more for the positives or the negatives? >> i think people want to remember him fondly and like him because he was such a big personality. new yorkers think -- the city has a big personality. he was a big personality. he was a character. he had many very entertaining qualities. i think people want to remember him fondly. but like anybody who serves in public office for a long time and he was mayor for 12 years it is a very mixed record. i mean one of the things i talked about in the piece i wrote about him for the new yorker was his very mixed record on a.i.d.s. he was mayor at the very beginning of the a.i.d.s. crisis. you know, his lack of leadership in retrospect was startling especially for someone who many people in the gay community felt should be one of our own and that was a
it's changed the neighborhoods of the city, the poorest neighborhoods of the city. i said in the piece i wrote after he died, he didn't carry it in his last election against david dinkins a single one of the neighborhoods that he transform the. >> john: do you think he will be remembered more for the positives or the negatives? >> i think people want to remember him fondly and like him because he was such a big personality. new yorkers think -- the city has a big personality. he was...
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he is credited with saving the city from financial ruin. ed koch was 88 years old. >>> checking our other top stories, former culpeper police officer heads back to court this morning, where a judge will decide whether to declare a mistrial in his case. daniel harmon wright was convicted earlier this week of killing an unarmed woman last year. his attorneys claim the jurors used a dictionary to help them define the word "malice." they say that shows the jurors were confused about instructions given to them. >>> the hostage situation in alabama enters its fourth day now. a man has been holding a 5-year- old boy since tuesday afternoon. neighbors identify the captor as 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes. police say he and the boy are in an underground bunker equipped with a tv and electricity. the boy's mother says the child has asperger's syndrome and hdhd. police are getting medicine to the boy through a pipe. >>> metro issues a public apology for wednesday evening's gridlock on the green line. thousands were stranded. the agency says there were pr
he is credited with saving the city from financial ruin. ed koch was 88 years old. >>> checking our other top stories, former culpeper police officer heads back to court this morning, where a judge will decide whether to declare a mistrial in his case. daniel harmon wright was convicted earlier this week of killing an unarmed woman last year. his attorneys claim the jurors used a dictionary to help them define the word "malice." they say that shows the jurors were confused...
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the crescent city, not the city, but the crescent city. i don't know what that means, but it's interesting. >> it certainly would be a good night to be down in new orleans. there is no other city in the united states, i've been to almost every city in the u.s., there's no other city in the u.s. that's like new orleans. it's like a european city. >> i've been here for three super bowls. this reminds me, in 1986, the bears super bowl. you had this talk with people in the french quarter, and what have you -- >> can i stop you? >> sure. >> i have to say, terence, congratulations to the harbaugh brothers, the ravens win tonight 34-31. the blackout may have stopped the momentum, but it didn't stop the ravens from wing. they probably, if not for this blackout, they would have won by a much more significant margin. john harbaugh with the ravens, jim with san francisco. john is probably the happier brother. there was not much brotherly love there, was there? >> no, not much. >> not so far. >> anyway, seriously, we still have this issue of the black
the crescent city, not the city, but the crescent city. i don't know what that means, but it's interesting. >> it certainly would be a good night to be down in new orleans. there is no other city in the united states, i've been to almost every city in the u.s., there's no other city in the u.s. that's like new orleans. it's like a european city. >> i've been here for three super bowls. this reminds me, in 1986, the bears super bowl. you had this talk with people in the french...
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fun unique to the city. it's a great time. come down you really get to meet the artists see them working. it's fabulous. oo behind eep of these artists is a story for painter rick fox it's a story of rebirth. he chooses to make something beautiful from tattered debris left my devastating hurricane. >> this painting is a branch from the banks of the mississippi river. what you are looking at here is a child's desk top. you are looking at tar from a house in tremain. a lot of items i find are really tattered and i do reconstruction to save the item. going through storms and the hardship, it's similar to our lives. we have to piece it back together no matter what the damage is. >> the positive vibe comes from new orleans like a catchy tune it stays with you. >> it seems like a celebration of life here. always up beat. never gloomy in new orleans. everybody is having a good time. >> wbal-tv 11 news. >> great piece. >> i loved it. love the music, too. >> 6:25. 17 degrees on tv hill. team coverage of super bowl xl
fun unique to the city. it's a great time. come down you really get to meet the artists see them working. it's fabulous. oo behind eep of these artists is a story for painter rick fox it's a story of rebirth. he chooses to make something beautiful from tattered debris left my devastating hurricane. >> this painting is a branch from the banks of the mississippi river. what you are looking at here is a child's desk top. you are looking at tar from a house in tremain. a lot of items i find...
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i'm not speaking for my predecessors and those who killed the city, including the municipal unions. but the high murders was 2,500 a year. now it's about 400. when you saw the chuck hagel you were outspoken. >> i don't think he's anti-semitic. i have no basis for saying that. i do believe he's hostile to israel, but he has a right to his position. tom friedman, his first sponsor that i read in his column said he is not mainstream. this is tom friedman who is advocating hagel. then his opponents say he's not mainstreet. why would you want a guy who's not mainstream in charge one of the biggest appointments, the defense department. if you don't believe in sanctions and you don't believe in war, what do you think we should do as it relates to stopping iran from getting the nuclear bomb? he believes that there should be much greater light distance, separation between israel and the united states. so as to make the arab countries more friendly to us. they want to kill us. they want to kill christians and jews and they say they're going to convert either voluntarily or by force. and that'
i'm not speaking for my predecessors and those who killed the city, including the municipal unions. but the high murders was 2,500 a year. now it's about 400. when you saw the chuck hagel you were outspoken. >> i don't think he's anti-semitic. i have no basis for saying that. i do believe he's hostile to israel, but he has a right to his position. tom friedman, his first sponsor that i read in his column said he is not mainstream. this is tom friedman who is advocating hagel. then his...
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supporters say he helped lift new york city out of its financial crisis in the late '80s. koch will be laid to rest on monday. he was 88 years old. >>> and d.c. councilmember tommy wells is thinking of running for mayer. we understand he will launch an exploratory committee. that doesn't mean he'll definitely run for mayer. but he does hope to make a decision this spring. he said current mayer vincent gray didn't reannounce if he'll run for re-election. >> the economy added 150,000 new jobs last month according to the department of labor. it also released data that suggested hiring was stronger in the past two years than previously thought. employers added an average of 180,000 jobs per month in 2011 and 2012. that's up from previous estimates of 150,000 jobs a month. the unemployment rate did jump from 7.8% to 7.9%. >>> meantime, the auto industry showing off its latest innovations in our region right now. the 2013 washington auto show begins today. news4's megan mcgrath shows us they drive home the point that there's a lot to drive home. >> reporter: i wish i'd let me dr
supporters say he helped lift new york city out of its financial crisis in the late '80s. koch will be laid to rest on monday. he was 88 years old. >>> and d.c. councilmember tommy wells is thinking of running for mayer. we understand he will launch an exploratory committee. that doesn't mean he'll definitely run for mayer. but he does hope to make a decision this spring. he said current mayer vincent gray didn't reannounce if he'll run for re-election. >> the economy added...